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A Brief History of Savannah
- Brief Histories of Great American Cities
- By: Derek Monaghan
- Narrated by: Dani Thompson
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Savannah is a city shaped by tide, time, and extraordinary resilience. From its Indigenous roots to its twentyfirstcentury renaissance, A Brief History of Savannah traces nearly three centuries of conflict, creativity, and reinvention. Told in vivid, cinematic prose, this book follows Savannah’s journey through its founding under James Oglethorpe, the fires of revolution, the devastation of the Civil War, and the long struggle for freedom during Reconstruction and Jim Crow.
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A Brief History of Savannah
- Brief Histories of Great American Cities
- Narrated by: Dani Thompson
- Series: Brief Histories of Great American Cities, Book 3
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-03-26
- Language: English
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Order of The Stewards
- By: Dante Fortson
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Length: 48 mins
- Unabridged
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To understand the history of the Stewards is to attempt to grasp the shape of the wind. For nearly four centuries, this silent collective has operated beneath the surface of official histories, leaving behind no monuments, no signed treaties, and no public martyrs. While other secret societies like the Freemasons or the Rosicrucians eventually allowed their rituals to be cataloged and their symbols to be sold in gift shops, the Stewards remained committed to a much more difficult path: absolute, functional invisibility. They did not seek to be known, they sought to be effective.
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Order of The Stewards
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Series: Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies
- Length: 48 mins
- Release date: 24-03-26
- Language: English
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Sage & Chalice
- By: Dante Fortson
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The history of the world is often written by the victors, but the true architecture of human progress is frequently designed in the shadows. For centuries, a clandestine thread has woven itself through the tapestry of Western civilization, connecting the stone laboratories of the seventeenth century to the fiber optic cables of the modern age.
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Sage & Chalice
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Series: Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 24-03-26
- Language: English
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Burning Spear Society
- By: Dante Fortson
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Length: 50 mins
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The history of secret societies is often a tapestry woven from threads of genuine civic duty, collegiate tradition, and the inevitable allure of mystique. Among these organizations, the Burning Spear Society at Florida State University stands as a unique case study in how institutional influence and student leadership can merge into a powerful, albeit often controversial, force.
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Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies: Burning Spear Society
- Narrated by: Steve Stewart's voice replica
- Series: Fortson's Signs, Symbols, and Secret Societies
- Length: 50 mins
- Release date: 23-03-26
- Language: English
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Let the Lord Sort Them
- The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty
- By: Maurice Chammah
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas—and what it tells us about crime and punishment in America “If you’re one of those people who despair that nothing changes, and dream that something can, this is a story of how...
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Let the Lord Sort Them
- The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 26-01-21
- Language: English
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My Life with Bonnie and Clyde
- By: Blanche Caldwell Barrow
- Narrated by: Valerie Gilbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Bonnie and Clyde were responsible for multiple murders and countless robberies. But they did not act alone. In 1933, during their infamous run from the law, Bonnie and Clyde were joined by Clyde's brother Buck Barrow and his wife Blanche. Of these four accomplices, only one, Blanche Caldwell Barrow, lived beyond early adulthood and only Blanche left behind a written account of their escapades. Edited by outlaw expert John Neal Phillips, Blanche's previously unknown memoir is here available for the first time.
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Travel with Bonnie & Clyde. Possibly the best AB I’ve listened to.
- By Rob UK on 05-10-25
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My Life with Bonnie and Clyde
- Narrated by: Valerie Gilbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 15-08-14
- Language: English
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Billy the Kid: An Autobiography
- The Story of Brushy Bill Roberts
- By: Daniel A. Edwards
- Narrated by: Barry Corbin
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1882, a notorious outlaw and a childhood friend of Billy the Kid was released from prison where he had been serving time for killing a Texas Ranger. His freedom finally secured, the outlaw disappeared and was never heard from again. Never, that is, until 1948, when he came out of hiding after almost 70 years. In the course of proving his identity to a court of law, the outlaw revealed that his friend Billy the Kid was not killed by Pat Garrett but was still alive even to that day.
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Fantastic listen
- By Anonymous on 19-12-23
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Billy the Kid: An Autobiography
- The Story of Brushy Bill Roberts
- Narrated by: Barry Corbin
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 30-06-22
- Language: English
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The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)
- By: Edward G. Longacre
- Narrated by: Aaron Killian
- Length: 22 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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When Union and Confederate forces squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major military campaign would bring an early end to the Civil War. But when Confederate troops launched a strong counterattack, both sides realized the war would be longer and costlier than anticipated. First Bull Run, or First Manassas, set the stage for four years of bloody conflict that forever changed the political, social, and economic fabric of the nation. It also introduced the commanders, tactics, and weaponry that would define the American way of war through the turn of the twentieth century.
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The Confederacy Holds
- By Panda on 06-09-21
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The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)
- Narrated by: Aaron Killian
- Series: Campaigns and Commanders
- Length: 22 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 27-12-17
- Language: English
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Dreams of El Dorado
- A History of the American West
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond. "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." —Hampton Sides, bestselling...
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Powerful and rich
- By Kath on 01-05-25
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Dreams of El Dorado
- A History of the American West
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 22-10-19
- Language: English
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The Blood of Heroes
- The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation
- By: James Donovan
- Narrated by: James Donovan
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping, action-packed saga of the legendary last stand at the Alamo, by the author of the bestselling A Terrible Glory. On February 23, 1836, a large Mexican army led by dictator Santa Anna reached San Antonio and laid siege to about 175 Texas rebels holed up in the Alamo. The Texans refused...
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- By IYER on 24-12-12
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The Blood of Heroes
- The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation
- Narrated by: James Donovan
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 15-05-12
- Language: English
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The Wild West
- History, Myth & the Making of America
- By: Frederick Nolan
- Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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On 14 May 1804, one Captain Meriwether Lewis and his companion William Clark led a 33-man expedition to the new lands of Louisiana. 8,000 miles and two years later, after rafting up the Missouri and crossing the Rocky Mountains, they reached the far side of the world, the Pacific Ocean.
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Original and diverse
- By Vicuña on 18-10-23
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The Wild West
- History, Myth & the Making of America
- Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 10-04-23
- Language: English
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The Battle of Bretton Woods
- John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order
- By: Benn Steil
- Narrated by: Philip Rose
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for "a new Bretton Woods" to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives of 44 nations gathered in July 1944, in the midst of the century's second great war, has become shorthand for enlightened globalization. The actual story surrounding the historic Bretton Woods accords, however, is full of startling drama, intrigue, and rivalry, which are vividly brought to life in Benn Steil's account.
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Gripping and dull
- By Jason on 06-06-14
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The Battle of Bretton Woods
- John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order
- Narrated by: Philip Rose
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-04-13
- Language: English
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Fire on the Horizon
- The Untold Story of the Explosion Aboard the Deepwater Horizon
- By: Tom Shroder, John Konrad
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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""A phenomenal feat of journalism. . . . I tore through it like a novel but with the queasy knowledge that the whole damn thing is true."" —Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and War Blending exclusive first-person interviews and penetrating investigative reporting, oil rig captain...
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Thin soup, this book. Very thin soup
- By ligsy on 14-07-21
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Fire on the Horizon
- The Untold Story of the Explosion Aboard the Deepwater Horizon
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 01-03-11
- Language: English
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The Wrath to Come
- Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells
- By: Sarah Churchwell
- Narrated by: Sarah Churchwell
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Sarah Churchwell examines one of the most enduringly popular stories of all time, Gone with the Wind, to help explain the divisions ripping the United States apart today. Separating fact from fiction, she shows how histories of mythmaking have informed America's racial and gender politics, the controversies over Confederate statues, the resurgence of white nationalism, the Black Lives Matter movement, the enduring power of the American Dream, and the violence of Trumpism.
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Recommended
- By Emily Scott on 27-01-23
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The Wrath to Come
- Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells
- Narrated by: Sarah Churchwell
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 15-12-22
- Language: English
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Before and After
- By: Lisa Wingate, Judy Christie
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a corrupt baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society in Memphis. She offered up more than 5,000 orphans tailored to the wish lists of eager parents - hiding the fact that many weren't orphans at all but stolen sons and daughters of poor families, desperate single mothers and women told in maternity wards that their babies had died. The publication of Lisa Wingate's novel Before We Were Yours brought new awareness of Tann's child trafficking.
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Heart breaking and heart warming...
- By Jackie on 22-01-23
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Before and After
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 22-10-19
- Language: English
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Frontiers
- A Short History of the American West
- By: Robert V. Hine, John Mack Faragher
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Published in 2000 to critical acclaim, The American West: A New Interpretive History quickly became the standard in college history courses. Now Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher offer a concise edition of their classic, freshly updated. Lauded for their lively and elegant writing, the authors provide a grand survey of the colorful history of the American West, from the first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans to the beginning of the 21st century.
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A great story well told.
- By readnil on 26-01-24
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Frontiers
- A Short History of the American West
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 13-07-12
- Language: English
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Up in the Old Hotel, and Other Stories
- By: Joseph Mitchell
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 28 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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These masterpieces (along with several previously uncollected stories) are available in one volume, which presents an indelible collective portrait of an unsuspected New York and its odder citizens - as depicted by one of the great writers of this or any other time.
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Up in the Old Hotel, and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 28 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 25-08-15
- Language: English
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MeatEater's American History: The Mountain Men (1806-1840)
- By: Steven Rinella
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio series Campfire Stories and MeatEater’s American History comes a new audiobook original that plunges listeners into the untamed world of a celebrated and misunderstood group of nineteenth-century outdoorsmen: the Mountain Men. Steven...
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Fascinating Reaf
- By Richard Layton on 28-03-25
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MeatEater's American History: The Mountain Men (1806-1840)
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 11-02-25
- Language: English
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Double Cross
- The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America
- By: Sam Giancana, Chuck Giancana, Tim Newark - foreword, and others
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most feared Chicago mobsters, Sam Giancana, clawed his way to the top of the Mafia hierarchy by starting as a hit man for Al Capone. He was known as one of the best vehicle escape artists, a tenacious business man, and a ruthless killer. He partied with major stars such as Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe and did business with agents ranging from the CIA to the Vatican to the shah of Iran. When politician Joe Kennedy gave Giancana the chance to use mob muscle to get his son John elected, Giancana jumped at the task.
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Loved it
- By Tom O’Donnell on 19-07-19
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Double Cross
- The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 28-02-19
- Language: English
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Desperate Passage
- The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West
- By: Ethan Rarick
- Narrated by: Christopher Prince
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gathering force. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and children would be trapped for a brutal winter with little food and only primitive shelter. The conclusion is known: by spring of the next year, the Donner Party was synonymous with the most harrowing extremes of human survival.
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Desperate Passage
- By Dr. Robert Griffiths on 23-03-10
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Desperate Passage
- The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West
- Narrated by: Christopher Prince
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 21-12-09
- Language: English
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